That's too bad. As an old man who has traveled a little, and who had family that believed in being rational about this sort of stuff, I have found that, in general, if someone says something tastes really good, it usually does. Refusing to try things because you can't "force yourself" to do so just makes your own life a little smaller.
Food, sports of all kinds, music, art, ###, travel, guns, whatever .... if you won't try it because of stupid prejudice, you are the only loser. The real advantages of an open mind are that life becomes more interesting, and you are less fearful.